Combined feed-rack, feed-trough, and animal-pen.



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w. J. TOLLE. x COMBINED FEED RACK, FEED TNOUGH, AND ANIMAL PEN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1907.

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WILLIAM J. TOLLE, OF REESVILLE, OHIO.

COMBINED FEED-RACK, FEED-TROUGH, AND ANIMAL-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907'.

Application filed February l2, 1907. Serial No. 357,055.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM J TOLLE, a resident of Reesville, in thecounty of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Feed Racks, Feed Troughs, and Animal-Pens; and f do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combined feed rack, feed troughsand animal pens, the object of the invention being to provideimprovements of this character constructed of metal and made extremelystrong and durable, capable of being drawn from place to place and whichcannot be injuredby exposure to weather.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section.Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on the line Joke; of Fig. 2. Fig. 4:is a bottom plan View and Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary transversesectional View: Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view showing one corner ofthe rack, and Fig. 7 is a view of a modification of the rack. l

1, represents four corner standards composed of angle iron and connectedat their lower portions by side plates 2 and end plates 3, securelyriveted to the standards 1 and strengthened by angle iron bars 4 at topand bottom, as clearly shown.

Feed troughs 5 located side by side, and secured to the standards 1,constitute the top of a chamber formed by the side and end plates 2 and3, and said chamber is divided by a partition 6, into two pens for pigsor other animals, and sliding doors 7 close entrances to the pens, and asliding door 8 closes an opening in partition 6, connecting the twopens. The troughs 5 do not Alit tightly together and permit acirculation of air all around them to thoroughly ventilate the pens.

The standards 1 are connected at the ends of the device, by cross bars 9and one cross bar 9 at each end, is made with an opening to receive alongitudinal rod 10 secured in place by a nut 11.

A series of eye-rods l2 connect the rod 10 with longitudinal bars 13,the latter connecting the upper ends of the standards 1, and the eyes ofsaid rods 12 ar'e located on rod 10 and their upper ends arc secured tobars 13 by bolts 14 and nuts 15. The rods 12 are spaced apart by washers16 and they constitute a hopper to receive hay and the like which can bedrawn out by the animals, from the rack thus formed, between the rods12.

The bar 13 at one side of the rack is perfo'- rated at its ends toreceive eyes 17 on two of the standards 1 and cotter or other pins 18are located in said eyes 17 securing said bar 13 in place, and whenthese pins 17 are removed, the bar 13 at one side of the rack with therods 12 connected thereto, can be swung down.

Runners 21 are secured to the bottom of the device on which it slideswhen being moved from place to lace, the forward runners 21 being curvedupward to receive a draft link to which the draft animals can beconnected.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 four standards 19 support arectangular rack having a closed bottom 20 and upright slats 21 connectthe bottom 2() with horizontal bars 22, the latter connecting the upperends of the standards.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence, l do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is z* 1. A device of the character described,comprising a pen provided with corner posts projecting above the same,troughs .secured to said posts and constituting a cover for the pen, anda feed rack over the troughs and supported by Said corner posts.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with twopens, of troughs closing the top of the pens and permitting ventilationbetween and aroundthe troughs, and a feed rack above the troughs.

3. A device of the character described,

comprising a metallic chamber, a partition In testimony whereof, I havesigned this dividing said chamber into two pens and speeiieatlon inthepresence of tWo subscribhaving an opening, sliding doors for both ingWitnesses.

pens, a door for closing the opening in the WILLIAM J. TOLLE. 5partition dividing the pens, feed troughs VVltnesses:

closing the tops of the pens'and a rack above GEORGE T. DOUGLAss,

the feed troughs. l E. C. LANGDON.

